Citizens of North Carolina ask for "the consideration of your honorable body” to four propositions: “That it behooves us as a Christian people to establish the institution of matrimony among our slaves, with all its legal obligations and guarantees as to its duration between the parties; That under no circumstance should masters be permitted to disregard these natural and sacred ties of relationship among their slaves, or between slaves belonging to different masters; and that the parental relation be acknowledged and protected by law; and that the separation of parents from their young children, say of twelve years and under, be strictly forbidden, under heavy pains and penalties; That the laws which prohibit the instruction of slaves and free colored persons, by teaching them to read the Bible and other good books be repealed."
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Repository: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina
